Pilot Club members played Braino Bingo with residents of multiple assisted living facilities in Great Bend & Hoisington plus residents at the two nursing Homes. Braino Bingo uses pictures instead of letters with a small explaination about the picture. March is national brain awareness month.
Residents of Medical Lodges play Braino Bingo on March 24, 2025
Pilots play Braino Biingo with some residents at River Bend on March 18, 2025.
Pilots play Braino bingo with residents at Brookdale on March13, 2025.
On March 15, 2025 Cameron Decker was presented with the bike he won through the raffle the Pilots sponsored at the Great Bend Public Library. Vicki Richardson (Projects Division) presented Cameron with a helmet. Nancy Schuetz and Sharon Mauler (Membership Division cochairs) were present for the presentation.
Pilots donated $200 to the Great Bend Public Library reeading program on Friday, March 14, 2025. Pictured are Betty Schneider, Jazmin Garcia (library), Mary Doherty, Lisa Zier (circulation director at the library), Marty Aldrich, Vicki Richardon, Nancy Schuetz, Joyc Beadles-Fry and Sharon Mauler.
Great Bend Pilots: Mary Ann June, Betty Schneider, Marsha Gerstner, Connie Cale, Vicki Richardson, Mary Doherty and Chris Rippel serve supper and assist with games at the Healthy Families Family Night on Monday, March 10, 2025.
Mary Ann June and Marsha Gerstner explain rules of a game.
Connie Cale assists children play the game Twister.
Pilot members setting up the display at the library are Joyce Beadles-Fry, Sharon Mauler, Marty Aldrich, Nancy Schuetz, Betty Schneider, Mary Doherty and Ruthann Friedrich (seated).
Great Bend Public Library display which showdases soe of Great Bend Pilot activities and involvements.
Nancy Sundahl gives a donation check from the Pilot Club to Lindsey Bogner from the Cougar Den Pantry at BCC.
Pilots collected hygiene items for the pantry at the Great bend High School. Pictures are Marty Aldrich, Betty Schneider, Joyce Beadles-Fry and Kathy Davis.
Youth Crew Christmas Party
Youth Crew is a youth-led task force in Barton County that focuses on community service and substance-use prevention by educating students about local use of alcohol, tobacco, and vaping. The group is made up of students in grades 6-12
Members of the Youth Crew enjoy games, dancing and food at their Christmas Party;
Pilots Amy Ferguson and Vicki Richardson see how many marshmellows they can stack on top of each. They were challenged by Youth Crew members. Pilots help serve the meal and set up for the party.
Pilots volunteer at Santas Around the Worls to greet visitors to the exhibit. This exhibit is a unique exhibition of 23 individual life size santas representing countries & regions around the world. The santas were handcrafted by local artist Loretta Miller.
Celia Wells, Rhonda Knudson & Mary Doherty volunteer at Santa’s Around the World.
Betty Schneider presents a check from the Pilot Club to Vicki Richardson (left) and Connie Cale (right) to help with the Healthy Families Christmas Party.
Pilots serve supper to the families at the Healthy Families Christmas Party. Seated: Connie Cale, Santa & Mary Ann June. Standing: Betty Schneider, Linn Hogg, Mary Doherty, Rhonda Knudson and Vicki Richardson.
“Been there, done that.” Amy Ferguson (Pilot member) understands the struggles of turning past “lived experiences” that were less than ideal into something positive. With Rise Up Central Kansas, she is also a liaison to a segment of the community that has often been overlooked. She asked Pilot members to bake 18 dozen cookies, individually bagged and labeled for the Recovery Out Loud event on September 20, 2024.
Pilots donate hygiene products to the Great Bend High School Closet on September. Seated: Marty Aldrich, Rhonda Knudson & Betty Schneider. Standing: Vicki Richardson, Barbara Watson, Daniel Watson & Amanda Staab.
Diane Call and Rhonda Knudson help gathr supplies for the Sruff Project.
PILOTS VOLUNTEER TO FILL FOOD BAGS FOR THE ORPHAN GRAIN TRAIN , MARCH 25, 2023
The Orphan Grain Train is a Christian volunteer network that ships donated food, clothing, medical & other needed items to people in 69 different countries including the US. The first Kansas Mercy Meal project was a success. The Orphan Grain Train semi-trailer was filled to capacity when it left the Larned collection center bound for the home base in Norfolk, Nebraska.
Volunteers filled bags with dehydrated soy, chicken base, dehydrated vegetable & rice in a bag, then weighed & sealed the bags for shipment. Our team was called the Crazy Train which incuded Connie Cale, Vicki Richardson, Betty Schneider and Ros Neeland. Ros’s family, including her grand children, husband, daughter & son-in-law completed the team. We filled 16 bags to a box & 14 boxes all total. Each bag feeds 6 people. The goal for the day was 50,000 bags. Nancy Rogers worked all afternoon filling in where there were not enough team member. Celia Well (our newest Pilot) volunteered on another team.
Orphan Grain Train semi-trailer was filled with bags of meals.
Pilots: Betty Schneider, Roz Neeland, Vicki Richardson, Nancy Rogers, & Connie Cale. Celia Wells (not pictured) volunteered at the Orphan Grain Train on another team.
Crazy Train members: (left) Connie Cale, Ros Neeland, (right) Emerson, Oliver, Hillary & Betty Schneider filling food bags.
GREAT BEND PILOTS DONATE $200 TO THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM AT GREAT BEND PUBLIC LIBRARY
Barbara Watson (president), Vicki Richardson (projects coordinator), Marty Aldrich (treasurer), Judy Fox (Projects member) & Marcia Johnson (projects coordinator) present Amy Mayhill with a $200 check to support the summer reading pogram. Amy is a Pilot as well in charge of the children’s reading programs at the Public library